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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
as time goes on, my opinion of Clinton is inching upward.
i thought he was a bad example in terms of his personal conduct, but he was fairly centrist and not a bad leader. actually with the republican congress there was some check and balance also.
what we have now is a disaster, all past presidents are elevated in stature due to the current radical.
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I think this period right now is a huge test for the President. Every extreme right-winger is trying to paint him as a Communist. That's normal, and he can't lash out, and sink to their level. He has to stick to holding his side, and enough of the middle. The nuts can circle jerk themselves raw (if it makes them feel better.) The reason he got elected is below in the red print. The blue print is the trap that he avoided in the election, and he needs to keep avoiding it. He needs to simply throw enough moderate bait in the water. He's good at it, and it takes remarkably small amounts, because the other side wants to keep giving tax breaks to the rich(also de-regulating business,) and spending money on wars that can't be finished. That isn't enticing to the middle(at all.)
“Obama has demonstrated a laudatory levelheadedness - the ability to keep his head while those around him were losing theirs - over the long haul of the '08 campaign, always presenting a cool and unruffled image. And it has served him well… Being likable is obviously a good thing in politics… But the last seven-plus years demand more than a detached analysis - and certainly more than a beaming smile. They demand indignation. Outrage. Fury… As a leader fighting for fundamental change in this country, Obama has to be willing to show us that kind of righteous anger… Obama clearly has it in him. We saw a flash of it in Denver when he announced: "Enough!"-Ariana Huffn'puff